When I think of French fairy tales, I often associate them with having some sort of moral at the end of the story, as well as with witty women, since many of them originated from literary salons hosted by them. When reading this week’s “Legend of Melusina” in “The Penguin Book of Mermaids” I really struggled with imagining what the moral could be for this tale or if a single one existed. I began to think about our in-class discussion last Thursday on Odysseus and the Sirens. In both, a curious man attempts to cross a boundary in attempts to do something that has not been done before. In both, it’s clear that the men lack boundaries and I found this to be extremely amusing because their anxiety, disguised as curiosity, is rooted in this need to know more about the woman (Odysseus having to tie himself to the post to hear the forbidden sirens song & Raymond looking at his wife on the only forbidden day of the week, Saturday). What interested me the most about this week’s story was how quickly curiosity can turn into a violation of privacy, especially when it comes to clear boundaries that were set from the beginning. In only a total of four pages, this week’s reading highlighted to me the importance of listening to others boundaries, especially when it comes to something sacred and personal like their body and overall identity.